Strawberry Matcha Latte

Strawberry Matcha Latte video

Ingredients Summary

Main ingredients

• 80 g · Fresh cherries
• 10 g · Icing sugar (or normal sugar)
• 4 g · Hojicha powder
• 50 ml · Water
• 140 ml · Milk
• Ice cubes · As desired

• 1. Fry the cherries · Cook 80 g fresh cherries with 10 g sugar on moderate heat for ~10 minutes until soft. Add water as needed.
• 2. Cool down · Once cooked, transfer to a bowl and let it cool.
• 3. Prepare the hojicha · Mix 3 g hojicha with 50 ml water in a bowl and set aside.
• 4. Assemble the glass · Add the cooled cherry jam to the glass.
• 5. Add ice · Drop in ice cubes if desired.
• 6. Add milk · Pour in 140 ml milk.
• 7. Top with hojicha · Pour the prepared hojicha on top.
• 8. Enjoy · Mix gently and sip your Cherry Hojicha.

Let’s Make It:

Prepare the following:

• 2- 3 grams matcha powder ( we recommend 3 grams, whoever says 1 gr matcha = 1 portion is very wrong , and most probably not your friend )

• 50-70 ml of hot water to mix the matcha

• 200 ml cold milk 6 canned strawberries or 5 natural strawberries

• maple syrup/sugar to taste

• ice

Steps to follow

Mix in 2-4 grams of matcha with 50 to 70 ml of hot 80 degrees celsius water. Do not fall for the trap and whisk your matcha very little. Put in the extra work and whisk it for about 90 seconds or 2 minutes to get the best results. In fact we would recommend whisking it for 90 - 120 seconds than leaving it to rest, and whisking it for about 60 seconds right before pouring it on top.

From your tin (or if you got fresh ones than get those), extract 6 strawberries and place them in the blender. Add some of that extra juice from inside the tin to make the matcha sweeter and more flavourful (plus you won’t need to add sugar if you use that natural syrup). Take the now strawberry puree and set it aside.

What’s next?

It is now time to assemble the drink. In a cup add your strawberry puree first, followed by 4-5 ice cubes. On top of the cubes pour 140 to 200 ml of cold milk. Now get that juicy matcha you put earlier aside and re whisk it for 60 seconds. Finally now pour the matcha on top. Enoy!

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